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National Oilwell Varco Inc. (NOV): Today's Featured Energy Laggard

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National Oilwell Varco (
NOV) pushed the Energy industry lower today making it today's featured Energy laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.1%. By the end of trading, National Oilwell Varco fell $1.51 (-2.2%) to $66.48 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 6.4 million shares of National Oilwell Varco exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.4 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $66.42-$68.17 after having opened the day at $67.70 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $67.99. Other companies within the Energy industry that declined today were:
Gasco Energy (
GSX), down 27.9%,
Cobalt International Energy (
CIE), down 7.3%,
Ivanhoe Energy (
IVAN), down 6.9%, and
Houston American Energy Corporation (
HUSA), down 6.3%.

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National Oilwell Varco, Inc. designs, constructs, manufactures, and sells systems, components, and products for oil and gas drilling and production, as well as provides oilfield services and supplies, and supply chain integration services to the upstream oil and gas industry worldwide. National Oilwell Varco has a market cap of $28.98 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 12.1, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 0.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 18 analysts that rate National Oilwell Varco a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and two rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates National Oilwell Varco as a
buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, growth in earnings per share, compelling growth in net income and attractive valuation levels. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.